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Finance pollution reduction or increased energy efficiency
You could get financial support to reduce pollution or increase your energy efficiency.
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Finance your sustainable development projects
You could receive financial assistance to carry out a sustainable development project within your company.
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AgriCommunication Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Your not-for-profit organization can get a maximum of 70% funding of eligible costs on projects that focus on consumer awareness, sector awareness, and environmental sustainability, to build public trust within the agriculture sector.
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AgriDiversity Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Not-for-profit organizations can get up to $1 million in funding over 5 years for projects that help under-represented groups (youth, women, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities) to pursue entrepreneurship, leadership and careers in agriculture and agri-food.
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AgriScience Program — Projects — Not-for-profit
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Your not-for-profit organization can get up to $5 million over 5 years to fund 70% of the cost of pre-commercial scientific research in priority areas.
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AgriScience Program — Projects — for-profit organizations
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Your for-profit business can get up to $5 million over 5 years to fund 50% of the cost of pre-commercial scientific research in priority areas.
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Agricultural Clean Technology Program — Research and Innovation
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Get a financial contribution to develop a transformative clean technology or to expand a current technology, in 1 of 3 priority areas: green energy and energy efficiency, precision agriculture, and bioeconomy. Use this support for pre-market innovation, including research, development, demonstration and commercialization activities.
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Ambition ME
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Obtain financing in the form of investment, support from specialists and access to an international network to propel the development and growth of your medium-sized Quebec company.
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ArcTern Ventures' Fund
ArcTern Ventures
If your business is a cleantech start-up that aim to create a positive environmental impact, you could get investments from this early-stage venture capital.
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BioEnergy — Analysis (in French only)
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Receive funding of up to $50,000 per site to identify and quantify potential fossil fuel to bioenergy conversion measures and the costs to implement them that would reduce GHG emissions by using bioenergy for thermal power generation applications (heating or process) to replace fossil fuels.
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BioEnergy — Implementation
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get financing of up to $5 million for a project that helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using bioenergy for thermal energy production applications (heating or process) with a view to replacing fossil fuels.
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BioTalent Canada – Science Horizons Youth Internship
BioTalent Canada
Hire an intern for 6 to 12 months for an environmental science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) job and receive a subsidy of up to 80% of their salary (maximum $25,000).
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Biomass Energy Fund (in French only)
Fondaction
You could benefit from support and funding for a heating project that uses residual forest biomass.
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CED Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your SME or non-profit is working on a project to become more environmentally friendly, improve productivity, strengthen commercialization or integrate with regional and global supply chains, you could get a contribution to help with some of the costs.
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CED Jobs and Growth Fund — For profit
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get an interest-free, repayable contribution for up to 50% of the project’s costs.
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CED Jobs and Growth Fund — Indigenous stream
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get a contribution for up to 100% of the project’s cost.
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CED Jobs and Growth Fund — Not-for-profit Stream
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
If your business is working on a project to transition to a green economy, foster an inclusive recovery, become more competitive and create jobs for Canadians, you could get a non-repayable contribution for up to 90% of the project’s cost.
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Canada Green Corps
United Nations Association in Canada
You can apply for a wage subsidy to hire a youth for a project that reduces your organization’s environmental footprint or increases sustainability.
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Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If you’re a not-for-profit or Indigenous organization working towards sustainability and competitiveness by adopting new technology or building capacity, get up to $1 million per project in cost-shared funding to cover up to 50% of eligible project costs in most cases, and up to 75% for high-priority projects for the sector.
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Civic Incubator
Maison de l'innovation sociale
Get free coaching to mature your ideas for social and environmental impact projects.
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Clean Growth Hub
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada / Natural Resources Canada
Get advice from a team of experts from across government that can help you find and understand what programs and services may be right for you.
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DRDC Defence Research Partnerships
Defence Research and Development Canada
Collaboration opportunities internationally and in Canada, research contracts, facilities and technology licensing for defence research and technology.
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ECO Canada – Youth Employment in Natural Resources
ECO Canada
Get up to $22,500 to cover up to 75% of wages when you hire a professional under age 31 for full-time employment in an environmental position related to STEM (Engery, Forestry, Minerals/Metals, Earth Sciences).
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ECO Canada — Environmental Employability Pathways
ECO Canada
Hire a part-time or full-time intern facing barriers and receive up to $15,000 to cover 100% of their salary, to develop their employability skills and obtain work experience that will prepare them to obtain and keep employment.
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ECO Canada — Science Horizons Youth Internship (SHI)
ECO Canada
Hire an intern for 6 to 12 months for an environmental science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) job and receive a subsidy up to $25 000 to cover up to 80% of their salary.
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ECO Canada — Student Work Placement Program
ECO Canada
If you’re working on an environmental project, you could get connected with a post-secondary student in STEAM or business and a subsidy to cover 75% of their salary up to $7,500 for a maximum of 16 weeks.
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EDC — Structured and Project Finance
Export Development Canada
Are you undertaking a long-term, capital-intensive project? Get financing, step-by-step guidance, market intelligence and expertise across a range of sectors, including renewables and sustainable technologies, energy, infrastructure, and extractive industries.
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ENERGY STAR certification
Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)
If your business produces or supports energy efficient products and systems, you could qualify for ENERGY STAR certification.
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Efficient Farming Products
Hydro-Québec
Get a rebate on the purchase and installation of lighting products and more efficient farm equipment, such as piglet warmers, fans and milk and milking conservation equipment.
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Efficient Solutions Program
Hydro-Québec
Financial assistance to implement energy efficiency measures involving lighting, variable-frequency drives, compressed air, water chilling and industrial refrigeration.
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Electricity Management Systems
Hydro-Québec
Up to $75,000 to purchase and install continuous measuring equipment and up to $75,000 for development and implementation of an electricity management system.
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Environmental Solutions
Farm Credit Canada
Get a pre-approved line of credit to make environmental upgrades to your farm.
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Environmental technology verification
ETV CanadaI
Find out how you can get your new environmental technology accepted, both nationally and internationally.
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FinDev Canada Financing and Investment
FinDev Canada
Direct loans, loan guarantees, structured project financing and investments are available for companies operating in developing countries that bring sustainable social and economic benefits to local communities.
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Fonds Développement industriel et durable
PME MTL
Obtain financial assistance of up to $50,000 for the realization of a business project in the implementation, expansion and transfer or succession phases of your company.
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Fonds Moins c'est plus (in French only)
La Ruche
Do you have an innovative project that supports waste management? You could receive a contribution of up to $25,000 and the possibility of having a participatory financing campaign.
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Fonds Écoleader – business
Fonds Écoleader
Get up to $40,000 to adopt eco-friendly practices and up to $60,000 to adopt clean technologies, covering up to 75% of eligible project costs.
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Fonds Écoleader – business collaboration
Fonds Écoleader
Get up to $200,000 to adopt eco-friendly practices, up to $200,000 to adopt clean technologies, and up to $300,000 for a cohort project involving both the adoption of eco-friendly responsible business practices and the preparation for the adoption of clean technologies, covering up to 75% of eligible project costs. Projects must promote greater cost-per-enterprise efficiency.
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Fonds économie circulaire (in French only)
Fondaction
Obtain up to $2,000,000 for the realization of innovative projects demonstrating a strong potential for optimizing the use of resources or their valorization.
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Genome Canada
Genome Canada
Your not-for-profit organization could get funding for R&D projects in genomics related to agriculture, energy, environment, fisheries, forestry, health and mining.
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GoodSpark Fund
Desjardins
Are you working on a project in education, environment, employment or entrepreneurship? You can bring it to life thanks to access to grants from a $150-million fund.
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Greening Freight Programs
Natural Resources Canada
Find out how to make your fleet or trucking business more productive and how to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
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INNOV-R — CRIAQ
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec
Get a grant of up to $500,000 per year for a three-year project to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses when you collaborate with at least one academic institution or public research centre on an R&D project aimed at reducing GHG emissions project in the field of aerospace.
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INNOV-R — InnovÉÉ
Consortium de recherche et d'innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec
Get a grant of up to $500,000 per year for a three-year project to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses when you collaborate with at least one academic institution or public research centre on an R&D project aimed at reducing GHG emissions project relating to the electricity industry, smart grids, transportation electrification or intelligent vehicles.
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Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology (ICE) Venture Fund
Business Development Bank of Canada
Benefit from this funding if your business is in industrial, clean and energy technology sector and has a strong potential for productivity growth.
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Innovative Projects Program
Hydro-Québec
You could receive financial support if you are considering building eco-friendly homes in Quebec that generate electricity savings.
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Make your business a model of sustainable mobility
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal
Get mentoring to help develop sustainable mobility measures and benefit from positive exposure for your business and increased employee productivity.
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Montreal Social Value Fund
National Social Value Fund
Does your social enterprise, NPO, or cooperative offer sustainable solutions to achieve 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)? You could receive up to $70,000 to achieve your objectives.
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MontréalCulteurs (in French only)
Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB)
Take advantage of a coaching, incubation and networking program to facilitate the establishment of a commercial urban farm and social economy in Montreal.
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Ocean Supercluster
Canada's Ocean Supercluster
Get a grant to cover a portion of eligible expenses for a collaborative project in a wide range of industries including marine renewable energy, fisheries, aquaculture, oil and gas, defence, shipbuilding and transportation. Activities may include digital sensors and monitoring, autonomous marine vehicles, energy generation, automation, marine biotechnology and marine engineering technologies.
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Parcours Transition écologique (in French only)
École des entrepreneurs du Québec
Transform your Montreal organization's business practices to build a sustainable and resilient business model.
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Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 1
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Get a non-repayable contribution to cover up to 70% of the costs of on-farm investments in modernizing operations, increasing efficiency, biosecurity, environmental sustainability, and meeting changing consumer demands, retroactive to March 19, 2019.
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Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program — Stream 2
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
If you were 35 years old or younger on January 1, 2021, get a non-repayable contribution to cover up to 85% of the costs of on-farm investments in modernizing operations, increasing efficiency, biosecurity, environmental sustainability, and meeting changing consumer demands, retroactive to March 19, 2019.
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Productivity innovation – Financing (in French only)
Investissement Québec
Do you have a Quebec business and want to introduce innovative initiatives to drive competitiveness and accelerate growth? You could receive financial aid from Investissement Québec to implement them.
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Productivity innovation – Support (in French only)
Investissement Québec
Do you have a Quebec business and want to put in place innovative initiatives to drive competitiveness and accelerate growth? You could receive support from Investissement Québec to implement them.
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Programme Virage Vert (in French only)
Réseau des SADC et CAE
Get support to improve your environmental and economic performance.
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Programme de soutien à la gestion des matières organiques dans le secteur des industries, commerces et institutions (ICI) (in French only)
RECYC_QUÉBEC
Obtain a maximum of $300,000 in funding to cover up to 70% of the expenses related to the recovery for reuse and recycling of residual organic materials in ICIs. The program favours sustainable and structuring projects for the purchase of recovery, pre-treatment and recycling equipment. Last date for submitting projects: February 24, 2023.
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Real estate fund
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Get an investment for your start-up business with an environmentally responsible construction, renovation or building revitalization project.
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Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 1
Recyc-Québec
Receive up to $1 million funding to cover up to 70% of expenses to support beverage container packaging projects in Quebec, including optimization, expansion or implementation of structured reuse.
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Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 2
Recyc-Québec
Receive up to $2 million funding to cover up to 70% of expenses to support projects involving packaging and recycling or recycling only of beverage containers in Quebec, including the optimization, expansion or implementation of structured reuse networks.
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Recyc-Québec — Beverage Container Recycling — Stream 3
Recyc-Québec
Receive up to $500,000 in funding to cover up to 70% of expenses to support projects that reuse only beverage containers in Quebec, including the optimization, expansion or implementation of structured reuse networks.
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Recyc-Québec — Support for R&D in recycling
RECYC-QUÉBEC
Get funding of up to $75,000 to cover up to 75% of costs related to R&D and commercial activities to diversify outcomes for unused tires or increase value for existing products.
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Roulez Vert — Multi-unit building charging station rebate
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
If you own a multi-unit residential building, you can get up to $25,000 to buy, lease and install one or more 240 VAC charging stations that enable your tenants to recharge their electric vehicles.
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Roulez Vert — New vehicle rebate
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Does your organization operate a road fleet? Get a rebate of up to $7,000 on the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle, depending on its type and condition.
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Roulez Vert — Used vehicle rebate
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get up to $3,500 to purchase an all-electric, used vehicle for your business, from a list of eligible vehicles.
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Science and Technology (S&T) Internship Program - Green Jobs
Natural Resources Canada
If your business is in the geomatics, geology, mining, forestry or energy industry, you could get money to hire a recent graduate of natural sciences.
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Sustainable Development Technology Fund
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Get a non-repayable contribution of up to $5 million for your pre-commercial technology that helps fight climate change, or deals with clean air, water and soil.
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Sustainable industrial buildings subsidy
Ville de Montréal
Get a grant equivalent to the increase in property tax if your company carries out construction or renovation work in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.
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Symbiose agroalimentaire Montérégie (in French only)
CRE Montérégie
Get a four-step support to improve the economic, environmental and social performance of your company by implementing an industrial symbiosis.
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TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
Telus
Get funding for your innovative projects in health, education, agriculture and the environment.
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Technoclimat Program
Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get a contribution to cover up to 50% of the cost for technological demonstration projects relating to energy efficiency, renewable energies, bioenergy or the reduction of GHG emissions.
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Technology and Business Demonstration
Hydro-Québec
Get financial assistance of up to $500,000 to cover 75% of the costs of testing the technical and commercial viability of innovative energy-saving or power-demand optimization measures.
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Transportez vert — Coaching
Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get financial assistance of up to $150,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses involved in having a coach work with your road vehicle fleet managers on energy management, including identifying ways to reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions, putting these measures into place, and tracking the results.
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Transportez vert — Ecodriving Training
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get up to $30,000 to cover up to 50% of eligible expenses involved in training fleet drivers of light or heavy-duty road vehicles in reducing energy consumption and driving more efficiently. Assistance covers up to $1,000 per training session.
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Transportez vert — DC fast charging station
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get financial assistance of up to $60,000 to acquire and install direct current (DC) fast charging stations to promote vehicle fleet electrification.
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Valorization of thermal waste
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Get financing to cover up to 100% of the costs of a thermal waste recovery project, including industrial discharges from incinerators, data centers or wastewater, to be used for the heat needs of all types of users.
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Women Entrepreneur Program
Farm Credit Canada
Get access to financing, as well as resources designed specifically to help you develop your skills as you start or grow your business.
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ÉcoPerformance Program — Analysis stream
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Up to $300,000 to cover 75% of the costs of conducting a complete analysis of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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ÉcoPerformance Program — Implementation stream
Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles
Up to $5 million per project and maximum of $10 million per year per site for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Économie circulaire Centre-du-Québec (in French only)
Corporation du développement durable
Get free coaching to grow your business from the circular economy.